Winners 2018

LEGO® EDUCATION TEACHER AWARD WINNERS 2018

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2018 Welcome 2018 Teacher Award Winners

The LEGO® Education Teacher Award 1. Ms. Claudia Inés Parise ...... Argentina is a celebration of innovative elementary 2. Ms. Jess Schofield ...... Australia Claudia Inés Parise and middle school STEM teaching using 3. Mr. Jin XIANG ...... China LEGO bricks around the world - the more 4. Ms. Juanyan LI ...... China Country Argentina creative, inventive and inspiring, the better! The winners were chosen based on their 5. Ms. Yi CHENG ...... China School Villa Devoto School application with examples of lesson 6. Ms. You CHEN ...... China School size 828 materials, their self-evaluation and biography 7. Mr. Pedro Fonseca Solano ...... Costa Rica Subjects / segment taught Kindergarten (K5) and evidence of contribution to the local 8. Ms. Triinu Grossmann ...... Estonia Number of years teaching 23 teacher community. The 2018 winners were invited to attend the LEGO Education Teacher 9. Ms. Maria Kouklatzidou ...... Greece Symposium and the Tufts STEM Education 10. Ms. Elena Liliana Vitti ...... Italy Conference at Tufts University in Boston, 11. Mr. Michio Kobayashi ...... Japan USA in June 2018. Kindergarten bilingual teacher as well as Physical 12. Mr. Tatsumi Sumi ...... Japan Education Teacher. Currently doing a university degree 13. Ms. Ji-Yeon Hong ...... South Korea I strongly believe that children in Management of Educational Institutions. I have been should always be the real working at Villa Devoto School, which is a very 14. Mr. Min Su Cho ...... South Korea protagonists of their own learning prestigious bilingual school in Argentina, for 10 years. 15. Mr. Menno Kolk ...... Netherlands processes. I foster a welcoming I have also gained important and enriching work 16. Ms. Jill Pears ...... New Zealand “ and engaging environment where experience in another prestigious and renowned children are invited to create, think, institution, Northlands School. An educator, a life-long 17. Ms. Carmen Rosa Cohaila Quispe ...... Peru ask, enjoy, try, make mistakes, learner, an inquisitive mind, eager for knowledge and 18. Mr. Nikolai Kotokonov ...... Russia learn from them and feel the intellectually curious. That is me. That is what I do. That is who I am. 19. Ms. Natalya Marchenko ...... Russia motivation to learn more. I also think that “hands on“ experience I see LEGO brick as a useful tool in education for 20. Mr. Andrei Shein ...... Russia should go along with inviting kids a number of reasons: 21. Ms. Larisa Chukhil ...... Russia to go over their own learning 1) it combines knowledge from different areas 22. Ms. Elena Podryadova ...... Russia processes and setting new 2) it places the teacher in the role of facilitator challenges. 23. Ms. Yana Petukhova ...... Russia of learning 24. Ms. Marina Naumova ...... Russia 3) kids are in charge of their own learning processes 25. Mr. Chris Wilde ...... U.K. and learn collaboratively with peers. 26. Ms. Lana Pereira ...... U.S.A. 27. Mr. Joe Moseley ...... U.S.A.

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Jess Schofield Jin Xiang

Country China Country Australia Xi’an Jiaotong University Primary School School Injune P-10 State School School

School size 80 School size 4500 Maths, Robotics and Subjects / segment taught Technologies Subjects / segment taught Information Technology Number of years teaching 2 years Number of years teaching 24 years

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Jess works in a small school in outback Queensland and Senior teacher of elementary school. Host of teaches a range of students from prep year to year 10. Maker Space in Xi‘an. Secretary General of Robotics She began using LEGO products with students through Creative Education Committee of Shaanxi Provincial Education is about building - Education is to support children relationships with students to a school outreach role at university. This valuable Society of Education. Specializes in Maker Education, experience built skills in the teaching of STEM areas. to become themselves, not the STEAM Education, Robotic Education, Visible thinking spark in them a desire to learn ones we expect them to become. new knowledge, skills and habits. In 2018, she has begun pioneering “STEAM” and and controllable uncertain teaching and evaluation, “Robotics” as stand-alone courses at Injune State etc. “ I endeavour to teach through - Children need to learn from real School. “ practical experiences and allowing world. LEGO bricks is a good vehicle for modular creative the students‘ creativity to guide Using the LEGO brick in the classroom allows a learning - STEM education develops our education because it provides an easy access in environment where students can build teamwork and technology, a variety of possibilities in creatives, and the learning progression. way of thinking and doing, in practical problem solving skills. The flexible resources the attention to process and collaboration in addition addtion to integration of subjects. can be used to enhance learning and engage students to outputs. across a range of subject areas.

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Yi CHENG Juanyan Li Country China Country China National Institute of Education School Sciences Fengtai Experimental Jiaxing Experimental Primary School School School School size more than 2000 students School size 4400 STEM & English Grade 5 & Subjects / segment taught Subjects / segment taught Information Technology Grade 6

Number of years teaching 10 years Number of years teaching 20 years

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An information technology teacher of Jiaxing I started working in 1999. I have taught Chinese, Experimental Primary School. With the idea of Math, English, Computer, etc. Although I am a I have guided students to try “classroom linking life, classroom promoting life”, newcomer in STEAM, I think I am good at it. boldly to improve and solve some achievements have been made in her teaching. Give the kids a chance, And I have fallen in love with this subject now. She has a 10-year long experience in IT teaching, from to give us a big surprise! practical problems through The LEGO bricks help the kids to find the problem the IT club (12students at most) teaching to the routine independent exploration and and solve the problem on their own. The kids teaching (more than 40 students per class), she has “ cooperative discussion along understand that the triangle is the most stable gradually found out her own teaching style, and worked the way. “ shape, and they know how to use LEGO bricks to out the Jiaxing Experimental Primary School EV3 robot measure the circumference of a circle, and so on. course outline. They know more about their world, and they want Lego should be used in primary school education. With to do something for the world. It’s amazing to be it, students’ creative thinking, handling skills, cooperative their teacher! ability and computational thinking can all be well- stimulated and it will also make the class lively and interesting.

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You Chen Pedro Fonseca Solano

Country China Country Costa Rica Shanghai World Foreign School Language Primary School School Universidad Nacional School size 1720 School size 1200

Subjects / segment taught Science Subjects / segment taught Robotics and Programming

Number of years teaching 13 Number of years teaching 20

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I am a bilingual science teacher, working in Shanghai LEGO is a powerful tool that all teachers should World Foreign Language Primary School. Over the years, have access to and must learn how to use for I devoted myself to the research on the construction help that our students understand the world in Being a linker in student‘s learning and development of school-based science curriculum. Professor of Educational a fun way. process, support them with Cooperate with the teachers from Acadia District to Robotics for 20 years, working professional guidances. develop the science education system in our school with projects in vulnerable which integrates the advantages of Sino-US education. communities in Costa Rica. “ As a speaker attended China Top School Forum and “ China Star Teacher Forum , deliver the speech of “Every school can do STEM”. In 2017, as one of the author published an academic book named “The Practical Approaches of STEM education in Primary School”. The connection of life experiences, previous knowledge, lego bricks ,classroom friendly software, results in the fully engagement of students’ learning activity. while using lego bricks to turn ideas into tangible subjects, children simultaneously construct knowledge in their mind such as how to design , construct, calculate and program by their collaborative working.

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Triinu Grossmann Maria Kouklatzidou

Country Greece Country Estonia School European School of Brussels III School Haanja School School size 3000 School size 67 Greek language, literature & Subjects / segment taught Subjects / segment taught Robotics and IT history, maths, science, arts) Number of years teaching 14 Number of years teaching 13

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Maria Kouklatzidou is a primary school teacher in public primary education. Her academic background is in Pedagogical studies (BA), Cultural Technology and Communication (BA), Teaching with New Technologies (M.Ed.), I began as an IT teacher at Haanja School in 2004. We Public Administration (MPA), Lifelong Learning (M.A.) and she holds a PhD in Education. Her research interests received our first LEGO Mindstorm NXT robots in 2008 include ICT in education, robotics, gender studies, adult learning, children’s literature and cultural technology. and I became a robotics teacher. I currently teach Her professional goal is to engage her students in activities that will help them acquire updated competences I prefer to teach using project- robotics in five schools in Võrumaa and at one youth and skills. Transforming the class into a research lab is her philosophy and the way she has been working for based methods and to then apply center. I use the LEGO Mindstorm EV3 and LEGO WeDo the last 13 years. the lessons learned to practical 2.0 robots. Every year since 2012 I have participated with my students in a number of competitions - Robotex, situations. For me it is important to Lego bricks enhance the learning approach. FIRST LEGO League, FIRST LEGO League JR., RoboMiku “ develop student creativity and to Via hands-on activities, experimentations and Lahing. I have also teach at workshops for teachers. In enhance their entrepreneurial, authentic inquiry the bricks help students live in 2016 we established an NGO, Nuti-Võlur. The purpose of You can’t build new skills with old collaborative and performing skills a creative learning environment. Through this NGO is to promote robotics and ICT education in methods. So, learning has to follow using robotics. I like to teach interdisciplinary games with Lego students Võru county. For the past three years we have organized the technological advances of our STEAM skills to students using actively engage in their own learning process. a robotic competition in Võrumaa and we conduct time. Learning in a fun way through By taking up multiple roles, students are expected different robotic learning fields and robotic summer camps. My current interest is in “ games and technology is the best to solve authentic or real-life problems, think and have the students participate in designing playing fields where robots need to solve way forward! come up with solutions that contribute towards competitions. multiple challenges. a qualitative everyday life and constant creativity. The LEGO brick is a useful tool in education because it Thus, knowledge, learning and the school stop enables the students to be active participants in the being cut-off from the rest of the world. learning process. They have to cooperate with each By investing in the Lego learning approach other, seek solutions to problems and present their students get visible, tangible short and solutions. The LEGO robots are particularly useful tools long-term results of their efforts. for students to learn science, technology, engineering, mathematics and programming.

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Elena Liliana Vitti Michio Kobayashi

Country Italy Country Japan

School I.C. Settimo I – I.C. Settimo II School Kanagawa University High School

School size 600 students School size 1,300

Subjects / segment taught Technology Subjects / segment taught Computer Science in high school

Number of years teaching 4 Number of years teaching 32 years

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Biography: TVs, books, etc: 1987-2017 - Kanagawa University High School - • Lecturer on national TV program ”Society and Teacher, Architect, Ph.D. (Bachelor’s Degree in computer science teacher Information” for high schools (2003- ) Architecture, Master’s Degree in Urban Planning, Ph.D. 2018 - Promoted to Vice Principal • Monthly ICT- related newspaper articles for I use a “Think-Make-Improve” in Environment and Territory).Currently graduating in elementary school children (2016-) Education and teaching Technology in Middle School Awards: approach, that allows my students • Co-author of school textbooks – Technology for • LEGO Education Lead Teacher (2012-) to develop their core skills, both on LEGO tools provide increased motivation and an junior high (2002-) and Information for high school school subjects and social immediate feedback that allows a continuous • Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts (MIEE) (2003-) “ interaction: formulating a solution correction of errors and assimilation of contents (2016-) to a given problem, verifying its through experience. accuracy through immediate LEGO bricks are effective tools in education! feedback and using collected data • Increase student’s self-esteem Bringing LEGO bricks into the classroom engages to improve the project. through “A-ha” moments students and boosts their motivation. Not to Cornerstones of this method are: mention LEGO robots (EV3) with the precise • Learn today, use tomorrow sensors! (especially compared to the precision of motivation, experimentation, (Put in practice what you learn) similar products). With its ease of trial and error resilience. “ • Tickle students curiosity with intriguing both in designing and programming models, and inspirational lesson contents students can explore cause and effect. It is definitely a great solution to naturally enhance student’s creativity and problem solving skills.

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Tatsumi Sumi Ji-Yeon Hong

Country Japan Country South Korea Elementary School attached to School School Hanter Elementary School University of Tsukuba School size about 300 School size 800 Science and practical course, Subjects / segment taught Subjects / segment taught All subjects in elementary 5-6th grade Number of years teaching 25 years Number of years teaching 14 years

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Biography: I am interested in education that helps students live well in the era of the Fourth 1988-1992 Worked as a software developer Learning as a pleasure itself Industrial Revolution. I have published books Enjoying school and study is 1992- Became an elementary school teacher (majoring on coding education that fosters computational the key factor for students to in science) Learning that matches student’s life thinking. overcome anything - Editorial committee member of the elementary school Learning to make student’s I think that the Lego Brick is an educational “ Let students find fun in science textbooks “ imagination a reality tool that stimulates students’ infinite imagination. everything through their - Vice Chairman of the Japan Elementary Science Also it is a valuable educational tool that makes activities imagination a reality. - Education Study Group - Part-time professor at Tsukuba University Books, etc: Published several books about elementary science.

LEGO brick as a useful tool in educationTeaching resource which enable children to do trial and error, and nurture their creativity and logical thinking.

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Min Su Cho Menno Kolk

Country South Korea Country Netherlands

School Buandoong Elementary School School CBS de Flambouw

School size 776 School size 100

Subjects / segment taught Elementary School Teacher Subjects / segment taught Primary Education – all subjects

Number of years teaching 8 years Number of years teaching 8

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2014-2018 Jeonju University of Education SW Gifted I started teaching in 2010 and since 2014 I work Student teacher. at CBS de Flambouw. Since then my enthousiasm has brought me more inspiring tasks and jobs. 2015 “Software world that thinks in order” book writing How can I use Lego every week in I also work for other schools as a trainer and by I want to teach both intelligence with coteacher.▶ all my lessons? With this question I making policy and courses for teachers to adopt and building an upright character 2014 / 2016 / 2017 FLL Robotics National Competition have been challenging myself, other technology, 21st century skills and MakerEd in to my student. It needs various Judge. teachers and students and called it education. experience. I think that Robot I think ev3 is a pencil. As you can imagine, you can draw “ the #legobrickchallenge which you Lego helps me and my children to fantasize “ education is Motivation for learning. on the canvas, and when you want to fix the picture, you can see at bit.ly/legoteacher. when we are building on stories. It is amazing to can erase it with the eraser and draw the picture again. see how easy children start to write on a story Sensors and motors are color pencils that can be when using Lego. Building objects (f.e. diagrams) applied in various colors. Students can become future and structures helps children understanding the painters through ev3. theory I am trying to explain. The Lego brick also helps teachers to ask questions which help children to learn on their own level of competence. Using Lego is not only fun, but also makes learning more easy.

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2018 Carmen Rosa Cohaila Quispe Jill Pears Country Peru

Country New Zealand School I.E. Coronel Justo Arias y Araguez

School Diamond Harbour School School size 130 students

School size 150 students Students from 6 to 10 years old, all areas (Communication, Teaching all subjects to keep in touch Subjects / segment taught Mathematics, Science and Subjects / segment taught wtih theclassroom – specialist teaching Technology, Robotics, Art, Social of technolog and robotics/coding Personnel, Religious Formation) Number of years teaching 17 years Number of years teaching 27 [email protected] or jill.pears@ Email diamondharbour.school.nz Email [email protected]

My name is Carmen Rosa Cohaila Quispe, I am a Primary Education Teacher with 27 years of service to the Ministry of Education. I have worked in the educational institutions Neiser Llacsa Arce (rural area) and Justo Arias and Araguez in the district of Pocollay. During the last 17 years I have worked with Innovative Technology Projects - Jill’s first career was as a classical pianist. Jill then Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specifically with ROBOTICA LEGO WeDo and this year with caught the ‘teaching bug’ when being ‘parent help’ in StoryStarter. I have beennominated as Educational Teacher in Educational Robotics of the Ministry of Education- I believe in a school environment her children‘s junior classrooms. She has taught in both Peru. As a result of this work, I was the winner of the ECE 2015 Census Test for Students, which resulted in a 100% where- All our learners are valued independant and state schools, girls only and co-ed reading comprehension. The years 2016-2017 were part of the Regional Pedagogic Support Team of Tacna-Peru. members of our community;- The and primary and secondary. Jill is incredibly passionate The year 2016 finalist level Peru in Lego Education Teachers Award Lam. The year 2017 represents the Region of about educational robotics using Lego Mindstorms, runs environment (physical and social) is Tacna-Peru as WINNER MASTER THAT LEAVES TRAIL 2017. Competition that rewards the teacher who dominates robotics competitions and is compleing a Doctorate “ one that empowers all community the topics of his specialty and manages to find the best way to teach, as he knows very well your students. of Education on the role of educational robotics in members to learn- Innovation, increasing girls’ interest in STEM subjects. Jill is currently LEGO EDUCATION, the lego bricks are a very creativity, grit, optimism, gratitude Principal of a semi-rural school, situated looking over the important and necessary resource that the and kindness flourish beautiful Lyttelton Harbour, Christchurch, New Zealand. The National Curriculum for Basic Education teacher uses to incorporate and develop their of the Ministry of Education-Peru, in the Lego is an incredibly useful tool in education due to its learning sessions. Through the game the area of Science and Technology in versatile nature - the way in which it can be used only students will develop skills which will allow them being limited by one’s imagination. The open-ended Competition No. 3, says: It designs and to communicate orally (explain) putting into nature of Lego means its use, is not defined by its form, “ builds technological solutions to solve practice the creative and critical weighing, and as such it fosters innovation, creativity and learning. problems of its environment and specifies reading (comprehending written texts), writing / A box of Lego invites people to build, create, share and its capabilities. producing texts), when working actively in the communicate. Lego can be used across all curriculum creation of learning scenarios through graphics, areas: literacy, mathematics, technology, science, music scenes, objects, chrismas, characters, dialogues, and art - providing hands-on learning experiences that plot lines with exciting action or intrigue, are engaging and meaningful. Ageless and timeless - predetermined principles and endings, I regard Lego as an essential part of a classroom temporary lines and chained events. environment.

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2018

Nikolai Kotokonov Natalya Marchenko

Country Russia Country Russia Municipal General Education Municipal General Education School – School School School – Ursk Secondary Kystatyam School Comprehensive School School size 50 School size 250 Secondary special education, Subjects / segment taught afterschool education teacher. Subjects / segment taught informatics and mathematics Number of years teaching 4 Number of years teaching 15

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I was born on 1 January 1976 in Novozybkov, Bryansk Oblast. Since 1996 I have lived and worked in Ursk, a small town adjacent to the taiga in Kemerovo region. I am a mother of many children. I am a university graduate with a major in system programming and applied mathematics (specialist, Kemerovo State University) and hold a I was born in 1986 in the village of Orosu, Verkhnevilyuysk diploma with distinction in pedagogy (specialist, Kemerovo State University). This is my 16th year as an informatics district, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In 2004, I and mathematics teaching. I have won a number of all-Russian and on-site regional IT competitions, such as: Teaching Guidelines “Traditions of graduated from the Verkhnevilyuysk Alekseev Best Personal Design of Event for Teaching Youth the Basics of Programming or Career Guidance in IT; Educational the North in Robotics” can be very Republican Gymnasium. After serving in the Russian Potential of Russia; My Best Presentation; Kemerovo Oblast Informatics Teacher Award; Pedagogical Talents of efficiently used to train engineering army in 2007, I entered Ammosov North-Eastern Federal Kuzbass; 21st Century IT Teacher in Kuzbass; and many others. workforce from an early age. The University to major in Radiophysics and Electronics. In Together with volunteer students we hold robotics “ children use LEGO bricks to create 2009, I got married. In September 2014, my whole family awareness events offering hands-on, prototypes of devices which, if moved to the village of Kystatyam Zhigansk district of In classroom I use active learning developmental activities outside the school. The implemented in real life, could the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) to work under the methods to engage students in facilities hosting these events include a pre-school housing program for teachers in the Arctic and northern greatly facilitate the parents’ labor. productive, creative and exploring and a social rehabilitation center for adolescents. Unlike other inventions, the designs regions of the republic. My wife, Tuyara Kotokonova, activities. Doing this I rely on a number For such events we use LEGO Education WeDo are unique, original because the works as a physics and informatics teacher under this “ of principles, such as individualization, and LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 sets. The children try to automate the program. With my technical education I was also employed as an afterschool education teacher. Thus my flexibility, cooperation. activities are attended by preschoolers and traditional technologies of their pedagogical career began. handicapped children. people. When I began working as the head of the robotics The events contribute to improvement of fine after-school class it was very difficult to find my bearings, motor skills, attention span, self-care skills, offer to set the direction for progress on the subject, to opt for valuable experience in teamwork, creativity. The methods to rely on. Absence of Internet, teaching children explore modern technologies of guidelines, teaching aids only worsened the situation. engineering, programming and robotics Without thinking twice, we set out to participate in the application. republican competitions Robofest-Yakutsk-2015 and the The volunteers also benefit as the events develop organizers of the event, the MCA NEFU, held an their communicative skills, accountability, creative individual seminar on training in robotics for me. thinking and managerial skills.

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2018

Andrei Shein Larisa Chukhil

Country Russia Russia Municipal State Educational Institution Country School -- Bykovo Comprehensive Secondary Municipal State Educational School named after Djurko School Institution – School №1557 School size 90 of Moscow Subjects / segment taught maths, informatics School size 200 Number of years teaching 6 years Subjects / segment taught maths Email [email protected] Number of years teaching 24 years

In 2013, I completed refresher courses at Altai State LEGO bricks are just one of instruments which can Pedagogical University. The courses were on “Application be used for studying maths of course. Coz math is In classroom, we use LEGO WeDo of robotics elements in educational process in the all around us. But LEGO is absolutely great in context of the requirements of Federal State Education getting children learn many maths concepts: to explore the real world, immersing Being maths teachers first of all I Standards”. Since 2013 I‘ve used LEGO Education WeDO coordinates on a surface, symmetry, plans & maps, ourselves in the origins of started using LEGO resources on this to conduct a school Robotics course for Grades 1-5. My squares & perimeters, geometry basics, fractions subject with my Elementary students. mechanisms while using a single students and myself take part in robotics competitions and many others. And taking into account that “ LEGO WeDo set without additional becoming winners in municipal & regional levels. children love LEGO so much I don’t know more elements. We implement exciting “ effective maths studying instrument in Elementary. ideas, learn about simple and My work is focused on studying robotics through knowledge of mechanics. Using the book LEGO complex machines, some Technic Tora no Maki by ISOGAWA Yoshihito, we kept characteristics of the machine and creating, improving, honing our builds. In 2017, I put even create walking robots. together all my implemented ideas to issue a practical guide titled Mechanical Engineering & Robotics. The guide was to connect theory and practice, mechanisms and models. An example from the book: The Russian mathematician Chebyshev created the world’s first walking mechanism using “wood and iron” and called it the Treading Machine. Well, we made a model of this machine using LEGO bricks from a single set of LEGO Education WeDo, and called it the Tuzik Dog. The material can be used to set up research and project activities.

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2018 Elena Podryadova Yana Petukhova Country Russia

Municipal Pre-School General Country Russia Education Institution School - School Municipal Secondary School No. Kindergarten Devision No. 17 “Smile”, School Town of Trekhgorny, Chelyabinsk region 4, Angarsk, Irkutsk Oblast School size 260 School size 1444 students

Subjects / segment taught preschool (6+) Subjects / segment taught elementary school, informatics

Number of years teaching 12 Number of years teaching 14

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I am 35. I’ve been working as an informatics teacher for 14 years. By training my parents are nowhere near to the teaching profession. The desire to be a teacher came to me unnoticeably. At first, there was a passion for exact sciences, and then I had a chance to explain things to my classmates. After school, when the time was right, I entered the faculty of mathematics, physics and informatics. On graduating from Irkutsk State Pedagogical I am 32. For 12 years I have been working as a teacher University, I came to work in a technical college, and three years ago I started working in a secondary school. in a kindergarten, and quite recently have become a I have two daughters: ten-year-old Stefania and five-year-old Zlata. My family’s favorite pastimes are very diverse For as many as 5 years I have LEGO teacher. I’ve never even dreamed of teaching to include traveling, fishing, music. but it turned out to be my vocation and passion. taught LEGOs in the kindergarten. I graduated from Chelyabinsk Pedagogical University I am focused on making the The designed system of activities was named “4+”, as a psychology major. I have two wonderful children: as we add a new stage called Experiment to the building experiences more For as many as three years I’ve been an active son Alexander (10 y. o.) and daughter Isabella (5 y. o.). original 4C stages. At the stage of Experiment a “ understandable, simple and Just like their mother they enjoy doing LEGO activities. participant in the Angarsk Robotics movement, learner can answer the question: “What if ...?”. The productive for little preschoolers. We also like spending time out in nature as a family. where I develop a single methodological base Experiment stage allows students to show their On filling these activities with lots with like-minded authors. One initial step was I propose to build using matrices. They are like charts ingenuity and phantasy, to create something new, of positive emotions and achieving incorporating coded LEGO elements for some structure. “ creation and implementation of the authorial pioneering, original, unique. Any robot all expected educational goals and A child looks at a chart, selects required elements and program Building & Robotics incorporating a modifications are creative, encourage research, objectives. on its own builds a structure shown in the figure. Thus, system of project-based, student-focused develop thinking, imagination, stimulate cognitive a child learns to read charts. A chart guides children in activities for each age category and compliant activity and curiosity. One tool for implementing selection of proper elements by shape, color and with the program of spiritual and moral the Experiment stage are interactive workers for quantity so that a number of further educational upbringing and development named MyFamily. each assembled model. Yet, creativity does not objectives is met. As the charts get more sophisticated, end here. The received models are put up for they offer a view of correct arrangement of elements competitions and exhibitions or are filmed in our – 2D and 3D orientation (older pre-school age). A chart movies. may incorporate coded structures related to a variety of themes and implemented in 2D or 3D. The charts provide for 2 types of activities: building with reference to a chart; filling an empty chart with the elements of a structure.

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2018 Marina Naumova Chris Wilde Country Russia

State General Education School of Country U.K. School Moscow, General Lelyushenko Memorial School No. 627 School Royal Grammar School

School size 3,000+ School size 1300 elementary school, mathematics, Digital Technology and Computing Subjects / segment taught Subjects / segment taught Russian, literature (Y4-Y13) Number of years teaching 33 Number of years teaching 17

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I’ve worked with the LEGO building system since 1995. From 1997 to 2013, I conducted courses on Among the first 27 Russian teachers, I passed an exam “LEGO & SPECTRA Instructional Materials in Elementary and got my international LEGO DACTA diploma in School” for teachers from Moscow and other Russian “Using LEGO DACTA in elementary school”, developed cities. I conducted city and district seminars and master I started my teaching career as a History teacher a LEGO activity program for Grades for 1-4. classes on using this product, visited Moscow schools in Newcastle. After winning a commendation for as a tutor. LEGO classes in our school were visited by teacher of the Year in 2006, I was seconded to our I don‘t really think I teach that much. the President of Russia, the Mayor of Moscow, foreign Learning Authority to work on a Virtual Learning guests, education ministers from various countries and But I try to create conditions in my Environment project. While there I upskilled my Tell something to a child - and the child regions of Russia, teachers. Together with the students classroom that allow my students to computing knowledge and pedagogy to teach will forget it, explain something to a child we would take part in Education exhibitions at VDNKh learn through tinkering and play. students in our City Learning Centre. I supported - and the child will remember it, let a and Expocenter, where the children’s projects would “ over 60 schools and was recognised as a Digital child do something on its own - and become winners and runners-up in various Skills Leader in 2014. Earlier this year I was given “ the child will understand it. With their competitions and festivals. the opportunity to build a brand new computer versatility LEGO sets are greatly I use LEGO items in classroom and afterschool activities, science department in our regions leading school. preferable visual aids, developmental because working with LEGOs encourages independent, It’s great to be back in the classroom again. instructional materials to diversify the flexible, creative thinking in children, develops their The Lego brick is an extremely versatile object to learning process, to provide a speech and communicative skills. Students can adopt think with. Building models allows pupils to follow comprehensive solution to many roles of young researchers, engineers, mathematicians, algorithms, debug in the analogue world and the challenges faced by the school. authors. As LEGO bricks have discrete properties importance of sequencing. The ability to build enabling one to classify and compare them, use them in mechanisms with technics bricks allows us to arithmetic operations, arrange them into any structures, solidify and gain deeper understanding of how so I often use LEGOs in math lessons. The bricks help things work. The ability to dismantle and rebuild children understand basic arithmetic operations, first models allows for rapid prototyping and iteration, through hands-on activities, then in their minds. By which supports rapid development of ideas. doing children get new results, learn new skills. However the most valuable aspect is that we all have fun with it. We are able to learn through play.

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2018

Lana Pereira Joe Moseley

Country U.S.A. Country U.S.A.

School Milwee Middle School School The Cornerstone School

School size 1500 School size 230 LEGO Robotics, Artificial Intelligence STEM Educator (Robotics, CAD, Subjects / segment taught Subjects / segment taught Robotics, FIRST LEGO League Programming) Number of years teaching 14 Number of years teaching 18 years

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I have been a mineralogist, a materials buyer, and an Joe Moseley is a second career guy that started industrial analyst, all in South Africa. When we moved teaching Science 18 years ago. For the past twelve to the USA, I was a stay at home mom, then a math years STEM education has become his passion. As an educator, I try to inspire STEM should not be an isolated class teacher. An early love of science fiction taught me Joe is a Floridian that has spent his entire teaching students to discover the abundance of about robots, but Girl Scouts introduced me to or discipline. The most effective career in independent school education. He is information and experience available LEGO Robotics; serendipity led to a position teaching STEM programs are those that align committed to providing STEM opportunties to ALL to them, today and in the future. I try to robotics and coaching eight FLL teams at school. disciplinary concepts to real world children. Each year Joe coaches and mentors over “ open their minds to the experience of I love this job and the learning and growth that “ and authentic applications. The 15 robotics teams, directs three FIRST Lego League trying, to overcoming problems, and to accompanies it. I often learn along with my students, whole premise of a STEM program is qualifying tournaments, instructs a Girls Who Code seeing failure as an almost necessary or from my students, and almost feel that I am living to develop intentional and meaningful Club, participates in Hour of Code, and hikes over step on the way to success. I create in my childhood stories. cross-curricular connections. 250 miles of the Appalachian Trail. an environment where they do the I have an esoteric interpretation of ‘LEGO Brick’ – The use of Lego bricks to enhance mathematics and work, so their success can truly be the Mindstorms robot brick, as well as its beams and engineering skills can not be underestimated. Math celebrated as the result of their effort. pegs. The robots can reinforce many aspects of concepts such as multiplication, arrays, and fractions school education, whether by ‘acting out’ math are just some of the opportunities. For young formulas, using sensors in science, teaching computer learners Lego bricks promote basic themes of science, teaching engineering, or even adding to the shapes and colors, fine motor skills, and arts. The greatest advantage, covering all these collaboration. Lego builds can act as a stimulus and topics, is the teaching of computational thinking and the writing prompt for creative literature. The use of Lego engineering design process. The latter is truly a design bricks to learn computational thinking and for living. As students become comfortable with the programming algorithms are also possible. The concept in my class, I hope they discover that they can opportunities of teaching with Lego bricks are use it outside the classroom as well. limited only by the imagination of the students and the STEM instructor.

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